Just outside this small town is the
Devil's Bridge,
which spans the River Lune and which was (like the similarly named
Dibble's Bridge
in
Dibblesdale)
reputedly built by Satan himself (hence the name).
On a more reliably documented note John Ruskin was also associated with the area, and just up the road is "Ruskin's View" - from where a vantage point which looks over the
Lune Valley
towards
Casterton Fell
and
Barbondale,
the scene having been painted by
Turner.

Also nearby is the village of
Cowan Bridge
where the local school provided the inspiration for "Lowood School" in
Charlotte Bronte's
"Jane Eyre".
[N.B. Further information about places connected with the Brontes can be found on the
Bronte Country
website.]